Every little bit helps, they say, and even as simple a thing as a catchy tour name can help bring an audience. This week, “Dancing” suggests a few bands that should get together to create a potentially interesting double (or triple) bill. For instance, Dallas rappers Boss paired with Houston blues band the Tweeds would rake in historians to the Boss-Tweeds Tour. A few others:
Ted Roddy & the Real Heroes: The Rod and Real Tour
Marcia Ball & the Peenbeets: The Ball-Peen Tour
Orange Mothers & 50 Mission Crush: The Orange-Crush Tour
Kissinger, My Education, & Super Heavy Goat Ass: The Kiss-My-Ass Tour
Blue Monday Band & Fastball: The Blue-Balls Tour
Hot Water Music & Coco Candissi: The Hot Coco Tour
Johnny Nash (Houston) & the Ramblers: The Nash-Ramblers Tour
Meat Loaf (Dallas) and the New Potatoes (Denton): The Meat and Potatoes Tour
Johnny Duncan (Dublin, Texas) & the Donuts: The Duncan-Donuts Tour
Shane Bartell & James McMurtry: The Bartell ‘n’ James Tour
Herman the German & Marshall Styler: The Herr-Styler Tour
Alex Coke & Spoon: The Coke-Spoon Tour
Schrödinger’s Cat, Scratch (Dallas), and Fever (Odessa): The Cat-Scratch-Fever Tour
Phil Pritchett & Will LeBlanc (Houston): The Phil ‘n’ LeBlanc Tour
Looking to assemble your own tour? The above were “booked” using the latest online Texas Talent Register, viewable at: www.governor.state.tx.us/music.
This article appears in December 14 • 2001.